NL - IKSL B.V. v PTI BVBA

IKSL B.V.v. PTI BVBA, ex parte provisional seizure, District Court Amsterdam, 17 February 2010, Case No. 451576 / KG RK 10-680

IKSL B.V. requested leave to provisionally seize products and materials allegedly infringing upon its patent, which products and materials were offered during the 2010 edition of the Amsterdam Housekeeping fair. The patent based upon which the leave was requested was a so called Dutch six-year patent, which is not examined before grant. The President of the District Court of Amsterdam therefore required the patentee to post security for any damages resulting from the seizures, that the patentee would need to pay in case the patent would be held invalid or not-infringed in subsequent proceedings on the merits.

Read the decision (in Dutch) here.